Strategy 4.0 presented by the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) sets a roadmap for the period 2019-2023. It received harsh criticism and doubts about its transparency. ICE losses during 2018 amounted to US$437 million.

The Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) seeks to exit the financial well to avoid its privatization. Irene Cañas, president of the state company, presented in the last days the Strategy 4.0, with the path to take in the period 2019-2023. She delineated five action points: ensure stability and sustainability; go towards the evolution of business and improve the customer experience; reach operational efficiency through modernization and digital transformation; find the effectiveness of human talent; and promote equity and sustainability.

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Customer experience and digital transformation, axes of ICE plan to overcome crisis

Strategy 4.0 presented by the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) sets a roadmap for the period 2019-2023. It received harsh criticism and doubts about its transparency. ICE losses during 2018 amounted to US$437 million.

MORE ANALYSIS

Last meeting of ITU-T Study Group 5 achieved consent on 16 Recommendations

This meeting, attended by 110 participants, was held in Geneva from 13- 22 May 2019. A new focus group on environmental efficiency for artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies -FGAI4EE-, which will have its first meeting in Vienna on October 15, was also created.

The creation of CFE Telecommunications faces operational, financial and legal challenges

Taxation of new platforms of the digital economy

France went ahead with the creation of a tax that angered the US, but to which Italy, Austria, Poland and the Republic will surely join in the short term. In Latin America, regulators plan to tax OTTs, but there are no uniform criteria and so far taxes fall on the final consumer.

Vertiv: In next ten years between 1 and 2 hyperscale data centers to be built per country in Latin America

Brazilian IoT plan underpins business progress in definition as SVA and exclusion of Fistel tax payment

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